Mr. Firas Raad (worldbank.org)On August 1, 2021, the World Bank Group appointed Mr. Firas Raad as its new country manager for South Sudan. He was handed the responsibility of leading an expanding country program focused on delivering project financing...

Photo credit: umojacommunity.orgA creative youth competition on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for young people in Africa as well as those in the Diaspora with African citizenship has been launched.  The competition dubbed the ‘Umoja Africa Campaign –...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) largest airline, Emirates, has announced that it will resume its flights to South Africa after several months of inactivity due to travel restrictions. The move comes in accordance with the UAE’s easing of travel...

Bizcommunity, which is at the forefront of business-to-business publishing in South Africa, is celebrating its twentieth year.  The very first Bizcommunity newsletters were dispatched on Monday, 20 August 2001.   The vision of its co-founders, Andre Rademan and Ken van...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and communication consultancy AUNIQUEI, with funding from the European Union (EU) today in Dakar, opened a consultation with African micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on the implementation of the African Continental Free...